Major conflict1808 – 1846 · 38 years

Bornu–Sokoto Wars

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Bornu · Sokoto · Ngazargamu

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Wars between al-Kanemi's Bornu and the Fulani jihadist Sokoto Caliphate that contained the jihad's eastern expansion.

Belligerents2

Bornu Empire
Sokoto Caliphate

ON THE MAPSokoto Caliphate

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Bornu–Sokoto Wars (1808 – 1846). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/bornusokoto-wars · Sources & methodology